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Protect Your Necks · Joined: 11 Apr 2010 Posts: 34

Has anybody ever used this swimbait or another one just like it? I always here of people using them, but do they catch fish around here? And, do you have any suggestions on colors?

Bass 4 me · Joined: 26 Feb 2010 Posts: 79 Location: Chesapeake, VA

I dont know about them catching fish in Ct but here in Va they work pretty good. The only down side is you cant work them really slow. A trick for working them really fast is take a treble hook and put a peice of surgical tubing over the eye then insert your wide gap hook thruogh the nose of the swim bait then stick the hook thruogh the eye of the treble making sure it goes thruogh the tubong then finish by rigging normally. DO NOT TUCK THE TREBLE IN THE SWIM BAIT!! the exposed hook will now keep it upright and hook more fish.
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#18 and #27 in the colors work good for me.
Good Luck

Protect Your Necks · Joined: 11 Apr 2010 Posts: 34

Ok, thank you. I will definately have to try some now. What weight swimbait hook would you recommend for about a 4-4.5 inch one?

Bass 4 me · Joined: 26 Feb 2010 Posts: 79 Location: Chesapeake, VA

I fish them unweighted with a 3/O wide gap hook. but for a weight I would say no heaveir than 1/4 oz to keep the side to side woble. but as I said I fish them weightless so I am no expert on weights. you should experiment around and see what catches the biggest lunker! Good Luck

Protect Your Necks · Joined: 11 Apr 2010 Posts: 34

Ok, thank you.